This cemented the NIT’s back-burner status. The stigma of a loser’s bracket — the “Not Important Tournament” — has increased over time as the NCAA Tournament ascended. Still, the NIT ...

NIT is practically obsolete as more teams just blow it off. Blame the NCAA. It's a shame that playing more college basketball in the NIT has lost value. But that's the world the NCAA has built.

NIT As the NIT leaves the Garden, one of basketball’s grand traditions will vanish March 31, 2022 More than 3 years ago 7 min Summary ...

If only the NCAA Tournament had this much excitement. The NIT Championship game in Indianapolis between UC Irvine and Chattanooga came down to the final play of overtime. Trailing 85-84 with 2.4 ...

Games against Atlantic 10 members George Mason and St. Joseph's highlight the home portion of Virginia Tech's 2025-26 ...

The NIT's board of managers released a statement explaining and apologizing for the mix-up regarding UC Riverside and South Alabama. It fell on deaf ears for South Alabama coach Richie Riley, who ...

New Rules for the 2025 NIT Outside of qualification and selection updates, the NIT also approved an experimental rule allowing coaches to appeal out-of-bounds calls in the last two minutes of games.

Consequently, the NIT will now distribute a total of four automatic or "exempt" spots to the top two non-NCAA Tournament teams from the ACC and SEC. After those four bids are accounted for, the ...

The NIT started in 1938, a year before James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, created the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national championship.